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Alpine addresses customer needs wherever they exist

Alpine works throughout the nation to support its clients’ athletic fields needs. Each geographical area has unique challenges, including climate and material availability/suitability issues. Grove Teates has addressed athletic field issues across the country during the past 20+ years and has developed a wealth of knowledge that serves him well today. More importantly, Teates has developed relationships with other experts in related fields with whom he may confer as needed.

A university was in a bind because its new, artificial-turf baseball infield was poorly graded and had standing water. The school was sick about the situation and the prospect of tearing out and replacing a brand new field. Grove Teates was brought in as an athletic field consultant. Although it had never been tried before, Teates thought he just might be able to carefully remove the turf, grade the field and replace the original turf. But before work could start, he needed to invent new equipment that could take up, move and re-install the turf.

The NFL team was excited about its new stadium and field. The plans called for the field to be installed 36 feet below grade. The project seemed to be progressing well until excavators hit groundwater that no one knew about. Soon it was apparent that water would be a major issue. Three creeks were running under the soon-to-be field. Grove Teates was called in to keep the project moving forward. In spite of daily challenges, the field was finished three hours before the scheduled first game.

Grove Teates is the go-to guy for unsticking sticky problems in the athletic field construction industry. He has a LONG history of innovative thinking and creative problem solving. Over the past decades, he invented dozens of machines, implements and devices. He developed ingenious procedures and novel approaches that increased efficiency and saved money. Today, athletic field construction colleagues call Grove for advice. His propensity to think in new ways and get it done attitude help to move the stickiest of projects forward.